by Tim Harrison This Saturday, July 12, 2014, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KOs) headlines his third straight PPV when he challenges WBA junior middleweight beltholder, Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KOs). The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada will host this “title” fight, (Editor's note: this fight will not be for Lara's WBA belt) with Showtime Pay-Per-View airing … [Read more...]
Canelo-Lara: Undercard Preview
On Saturday, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez takes on Cuban Erislandy Lara in the main event of a Showtime pay-per-view bill. The undercard will showcase former champions Abner Mares and Juan Manuel Lopez. They'll compete in separate bouts which renew the always entertaining Mexico-Puerto Rico rivalry. Mauricio Herrera will also fight, as he tries to right … [Read more...]
How to mishandle a potential superstar: Harrison’s Monday Rant
by Tim Harrison Golden Boy Promotions never had a perfect track record while under the watchful eye of former CEO Richard Schaefer. But since taking over the airwaves at Showtime, Golden Boy has, more often than not, put on quality fight cards. Many of those cards featured Al Haymon clients, who may or may not have been under contract to Golden Boy, according to a lawsuit … [Read more...]
Hunting Haymon (Giving You The Business, Part 2); Magno’s Monday Rant
I've long asserted that any real businessman, if he chose to get his hands dirty in the world of boxing, would easily own the sport in a relatively short period of time. The boxing business is a creature of habit-- a short-sighted, spiteful, unnecessarily sleazy habit. Like a two-bit thug who makes a hundred bucks a week via grift when he could make two hundred flipping … [Read more...]
Saul Alvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo: The Boxing Tribune Preview
In their efforts to build Saul "Canelo" Alvarez into a true crossover superstar, Golden Boy Promotions has inadvertently done just about everything possible to destroy the young fighter's appeal within his own community. From matching him against a long line of undersized and/or faded opposition to somehow getting him a junior middleweight world title bout against a … [Read more...]